Not all days are equal: Investigating the meaning in the digital calendar

Buzzo, Daniel; Merendino, Nicolo

Abstract

Copyright © 2015 ACM. The electronic calendar is a common tool used by large numbers of people to reect and shape their daily activities. It's function and structure is rooted in legacy representations dating back thousands of years. Collaborating with designers and engineers our project seeks to re-consider what the calendar does for us and how we may perceive and represent our time, personally and collectively. This paper investigates the background to 'the calendar problem' and documents design-led research. Seeking to identify some of the key problems with the current representation and to establish criteria for new interpretations of the meaning of calendar.

Citation

Buzzo, D., & Merendino, N. (2015). Not all days are equal: Investigating the meaning in the digital calendar. In B. Begole, J. Kim, K. Inkpen, & W. Woo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (489-498). https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2732512

• Conference Name: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
• Publication Date: Apr 18, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 10, 2015
• Journal: CHI'15 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in Computing Systems
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Pages: 489-498
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
• ISBN: 9781450331463
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2732512
• Keywords: design, time, user interface, experience design, places, calendars, temporality, events, user experience, usability, making, research through design
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/836308
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2732512
• Related Public URLs: http://chi2015.acm.org/